A Hand-Book to the Carnivora, Vol. 1: Cats, Civets, and Mungooses (Classic Reprint)
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Author(s)
Richard Lydekker
Publisher
Forgotten Books
ISBN / ASIN
133028643X
ISBN-13
9781330286432
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Excerpt from A Hand-Book to the Carnivora, Vol. 1: Cats, Civets, and Mungooses
The present volume deals with the members of the Carnivora, with which most people are familiar, viz., the Cats, and I am again indebted to Mr. Lydekker for a most useful summary of our present knowledge of these animals, and also for his very interesting conclusion to the work, wherein he deals with the extinct members of the Order.
To one trained like myself, by long years of work in the field of ornithological synonymy and literature, the nomenclature employed for some of the Mammalia appears somewhat strange; but I am glad to say that I have induced the author to latinise the generic term "Linsang" into Linsanga.
The duplication of the generic and specific names, for the necessity of which I always strongly insist, whenever Linnean specific names have been misappropriated for generic titles by subsequent writers, appears to be necessary in only three instances in the present volume. Mr. Lydekker, as is well known, does not hold with the practice, but, in my opinion, the name of the Common Genet should be Genetta genetta (L.), that of the Meerkat, Suricata suricatta (Erxl.), and that of Daubenton's Civet, Fossa fossa (Schreb.).
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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The present volume deals with the members of the Carnivora, with which most people are familiar, viz., the Cats, and I am again indebted to Mr. Lydekker for a most useful summary of our present knowledge of these animals, and also for his very interesting conclusion to the work, wherein he deals with the extinct members of the Order.
To one trained like myself, by long years of work in the field of ornithological synonymy and literature, the nomenclature employed for some of the Mammalia appears somewhat strange; but I am glad to say that I have induced the author to latinise the generic term "Linsang" into Linsanga.
The duplication of the generic and specific names, for the necessity of which I always strongly insist, whenever Linnean specific names have been misappropriated for generic titles by subsequent writers, appears to be necessary in only three instances in the present volume. Mr. Lydekker, as is well known, does not hold with the practice, but, in my opinion, the name of the Common Genet should be Genetta genetta (L.), that of the Meerkat, Suricata suricatta (Erxl.), and that of Daubenton's Civet, Fossa fossa (Schreb.).
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
